It's not rocket science. The feedback here is rewarding. I'm sure you'll get it together, on the strength of the info above. I can't remember trouble except on very rare occasions, with cheaper, molded plugs mostly. I've only ever turfed a couple. The rest still haunt the place (usefully).
I'm a fan of some ugly old pedals, so I'm a fan of loops. Problem solved. Whenever the noise comes in, it's likely to flood in — to great effect — but it disappears completely just as readily. So I can have an extensive array (noise be damned) and yet still maintain a whisper-quiet signal in the main. I lucked out with lehle. Not too fussed about cables but I do tend, these days, to go beyond the norm, within reason, just for piece-of-mind. Power's important too, but not to the point of obsession — my power needs are not great, not yet.
And, because I'm reading the wisdom here — thanks again to the brains trust — I've learnt also that that gold-like crap that's sometimes plastered on some plugs, high-end or otherwise, can tend to cause potential, prickly problems, with near-indelible, noise-inducing residue, gunk that builds up after a while. So the 'gold' plugs are perhaps best avoided. This is, mostly, because it's so bloody hard, and therefore expensive, to clean it all up after the trouble presents itself.
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There's GOLD in thum thar hills.' Give it a big miss
My nickel's worth
